Special Authorizations for Canadian Amateur Radio Experiments at 135 kHz
and 5 MHz to Cease 30 June 2007.

Since 2001, at the request of RAC, Industry Canada has granted a number
of special authorizations to some Canadian radio amateurs to conduct
experiments in the band 135.7 – 137.8 kHz and at 5 MHz. These
experiments have had, as one objective, the provision of data that would
support the objectives of RAC and the IARU for possible new allocations
to the Amateur Service at these frequencies. In accordance with the
agreement between RAC and Industry Canada, all the special
authorizations to Canadian radio amateurs will be terminated and
transmissions must cease as of 30 June, 2007. Further special
authorizations will depend on the outcomes of WRC-2007, scheduled for 22
October - 16 November, at which, on the initiative of Canada, a new,
worldwide, secondary allocation to the Amateur Service at 135.7 – 137.8
kHz is on the agenda. A secondary allocation near 5 MHz may also arise
at WRC-2007 as a consideration in the review of radio services in the
band 4 – 10 MHz. Per the agreement for special authorizations, each
experimenter is required to prepare a summary report of his experiments,
which may be in the form of an article for TCA.




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